Oceano Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Murder charges filed in 15-year-old Colorado case

  Saturday | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  A Colorado man serving a 48-year prison sentence for the death of his 2-year-old son now faces a murder charge stemming from the disappearance of his wife.

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  Related Topix: Nipomo, CA, Oceano, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA

• 18-year-old crashes car during high-speed chase in S...

  Friday May 25 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  An 18-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested early this morning after a high-speed chase in south San Luis Obispo, according to police.

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  Related Topix: San Luis Obispo, CA, Oceano, CA, Atascadero, CA

• Oceano man arrested after allegedly trying to kill g...

  Friday May 25 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  The assault occurred Monday in the 300 block of North Highway 1 in Grover Beach when Kelly Lee Freer assaulted a female companion with a deadly weapon in an attempt to murder her while threatening to do so, said Lt.

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  Related Topix: Oceano, CA, Grover Beach, CA, Los Osos, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA, Hesperia, CA

• Santa Maria man charged with gang-related murder of ...

  Thursday May 24 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  A Santa Maria man has been formally charged in San Luis Obispo Superior Court with the gang-related, drive-by shooting murder of a 17-year-old boy in Oceano in November.

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  Related Topix: Violent Crime, Oceano, CA, Santa Maria, CA, Prison

• Man arrested for alleged auto theft in San Luis Obispo

  Wednesday May 23 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  Kevin Villalobos, 24, was arrested Tuesday, three days after the vehicle was reported stolen near the intersection of Marsh and Chorro streets.

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  Related Topix: San Luis Obispo, CA, Shandon, CA, Oceano, CA

• Attempted murder in Oceano

  Wednesday May 23 | via Cal Coast News 

  Police arrested a man on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to shoot a man in Oceano on Tuesday at about 5:15. Brandon Rietkerk, 28, was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun, and pulling the trigger in an attempt to shoot a 35-year-old Oceano man on the 300 block of McCarthy Avenue.

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• Man arrested after allegedly trying to shoot another...

  Tuesday May 22 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder after trying to shoot another man in Oceano, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office.

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• Oceano man arrested for attempted murder

  Tuesday May 22 | via KSBY-TV 

  Police arrested Rietkerk as he was leaving the scene. Both the victim and Rietkerk were treated for injuries at the hospital before Rietkerk was transported to San Luis Obispo County Jail.

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• Oceano board member suspected of drunk driving rollover

  Monday May 21 | via Cal Coast News 

  Oceano Community Services District Board Member Richard Searcy is suspected of driving under the influence and causing an accident on Thursday night that shut down a portion of northbound U.S. Highway 101 for more than an hour.

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  Related Topix: Oceano, CA, Pismo Beach, CA

• Metro bus driver fatally shot by passenger in LA

  Sunday May 20 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  A bus driver was shot to death in West Hollywood Sunday, allegedly by a passenger who jumped out a vehicle window and fled down a street before being captured, authorities said.

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  Related Topix: Kids, Family, Violent Crime, Oceano, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA

• Man accused of murdering Oceano teen

  Friday May 18 | via Cal Coast News 

  San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Santa Maria man for the gang related killing of an Oceano teen.

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  Related Topix: Oceano, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA, Violent Crime, Santa Maria, CA

• Santa Maria man arrested in the alleged drive-by sho...

  Friday May 18 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  A 21-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested Thursday for the alleged drive-by shooting last year of Gabriel Salgado of Oceano.

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  Related Topix: Violent Crime, Oceano, CA, Santa Maria, CA, Paso Robles, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA

• High-speed chase came after stop for slow driving

  Friday May 11 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  A 55-year-old Oceano man arrested Thursday night after leading CHP officers on a high-speed chase on Highway 101 was booked into County Jail on suspicion of felony evading arrest and driving under the influence, according to Sgt.

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  Related Topix: Oceano, CA, San Luis Obispo, CA, Atascadero, CA

• Police search Calif. dump for bodies of 2 boys

  Monday May 7 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  Cadaver-sniffing dogs and homicide detectives are searching a Southern California trash dump for the bodies of two missing boys believed to have been killed by their father.

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  Related Topix: Oceano, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA, Feather-Falls, CA

• Homeless man arrested after Atascadero thrift store ...

  Thursday May 3 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  In the early morning hours of April 26 officers were dispatched to the North County Thrift Store at 7395 El Camino Real for a possible burglary in progress, according to an Atascadero Police Department press release issued on Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Atascadero, CA, Grover Beach, CA, Oceano, CA

• Two Grover Beach men convicted of sex crimes against...

  Wednesday May 2 | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  Two Grover Beach men received sentences of more than a decade in state prison for convictions on sex crimes against children.

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